Nihonmachi Little Friends is presenting their annual theater production and auction, “Dowa no Omatsuri: A Festival of Children’s Stories.”

Tickets to the event are $30 in advance, (two or more are $25 each), or $40 at the door for adults. Youth 5 to 17 years are $10; and children 4 years and under are free. Proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit the programs and operations of NLF. For more information on the event, contact NLF at (415) 922-8898 or email nlfchildcare@gmail.com.

For anyone who missed the presentation on the new hospital on Jan. 8th, and for those who want to learn more, please take the opportunity to walk through the new facility on Feb. 2nd. Please see the notice for the Open House.

3 City departments- the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)and the Planning Department,invite you and your community to provide input into our strategic planning processes.

“A Conversation on Housing and Community Development”Will take place on at Fillmore Heritage Center (1330 Fillmore Street)

Thursday, January 31, 2019 - 5:30pm to 7:30 p.m.

We are seeking District 9’s input to inform the development of 6 City strategic plans:

· The Consolidated Plan is the primary MOHCD plan that identifies affordable housing and community development needs and priorities.

· The Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing looks at fair housing issues and how they can be addressed.

· The HIV Housing Plan focuses on housing-related programs for people living with HIV.

· The OEWD Workforce Strategy Framework identifies workforce development needs and priorities and informs the Workforce Local and Regional Plan

· The Community Stabilization Strategy provides the comprehensive analysis and tools City agencies, decision-makers and the public need to make strategic decisions to stabilize our vulnerable populations as the City changes.

· The Housing Affordability Strategy provides a framework to evaluate how our housing policies and plans work together to address housing affordability for our diverse population.

This is an opportunity for all San Franciscans, and especially residents of Districts 5, to share their opinions and experiences related to housing and social service needs,barriers to fair housing, and improving housing affordability.

We would greatly appreciate your assistance with distributing these flyers to your network, including members, staff, clients or customers.

In your communications, please highlight that we will provide food, child watch and Spanish and Cantoneseinterpretation at the event.

Thank you in advance for your help with getting the word out about this event.We look forward to seeing you there – and to hearing how you would address the housing and social service needs in your community!

Cathedral Hills Neighborhood Association and Japantown Task Force, invites you to attend the CPMC/Sutter Health meeting on January 8, 2019 held at The Sequoias Auditorium, 1400 Geary Blvd. Please send your RSVP to marlayne16@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!

Welcome the New Year of the Boar and celebrate with cultural arts & crafts, food and entertainment!

Ford GoBike Racks in Japantown

Please take a brief moment to take this SURVEY and weigh in on multiple proposed sites for locating Ford GoBike racks. SFMTA intends to install three racks in the Japantown area.

The racks are a modular system of 15 – 23 bikes that will take up/displace 3 to 4 on street parking spaces. SFMTA prefers to locate racks near transit and in front of businesses. They are not placed in front of public utilities.